Deaths [62830]

62830
Lemon
James Leighton "Jim"
12/31/2022
3/4/1940
Barkley Cemetery, New London, Ralls County, MO
Aged 82; son of the late James Leighton Lemon & the late Virginia Fay (Caldwell) Lemon (b. 3/4/1940 Levering Hospital in Hannibal, Marion County, MO); (US Army/appointed as Executive Director of Comprehensive Health Planning for Boone County/elected in 1972, as a state legislator (Missouri) for the 48th district/appointed by Gov. Christopher S. Bond to serve as Ralls County Ex Officio Magistrate and Probate Judge/served as Judge for eighteen years/farmed all his life/member the New London Lions Club and the Ralls County Republican Party and Pachyderm Club/served on the Barkley Cemetery board and New London Volunteer Fire Department Board/proud member of the Missouri Bar); 1957 graduate of New London High School (New London, Ralls County, MO) and held four degrees from the University of Missouri--a BS in agriculture, a Juris Doctorate in law, a MS in public health administration and a MA in community development; husband of Marylee (Evans) Lemon (m. 9/1/1965 Troy, LIncoln County, MO) & she survives of the home; father of James Forrest Lemon & John Charles Lemon; brother of Sandra Sue (Lemon) Clark, the late Mary Gary (Lemon) Huff and the late Charles William Lemon

1/5/2023